7.4
Movie
Acting
Catherine Lacey
- Born
- Died
- (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Credits
- 41 titles
Biography
From Wikipedia
Catherine Lacey (6 May 1904 – 23 September 1979) was an English actress of stage and screen.
She made her film debut in 1938 as the secretive nun who wears high heels in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes, but was credited as Catherine Lacy. She was subsequently cast in major films like I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), The October Man (1947), Whisky Galore! (1949), The Servant (1963) and The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), in which she played Queen Elizabeth I. In 1966/67 she played in two notable horror films, as a malevolent fortune-teller in The Mummy's Shroud and as Boris Karloff's insane wife in Michael Reeves' The Sorcerers. For the latter she won a 'Silver Asteroid' award as Best Actress at the Trieste Science Fiction Film Festival in 1968.
Eight years earlier she received the Guild of TV Producers and Directors award as Actress of the Year. Her television debut, in 1938, was in a BBC production of The Duchess of Malfi; her last appearance, in 1973, was in the Play for Today instalment Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont.
Signature work
Known For
7.4
Movie
7.6
Movie
The Servant
6.8
Movie
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
7.1
Movie
I Know Where I'm Going!
6.8
Movie
Whisky Galore!
6.2
Movie
The Sorcerers
5.4
Movie
The Mummy's Shroud
6.7
Movie
The Shadow of the Cat
6.2
Movie
The October Man
6.7
Movie
Cottage to Let
6.2
Movie
Pink String and Sealing Wax
8.0
TV
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
7.1
TV
Maigret
7.5
Movie
The Man in the Sky
7.5
TV
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
4.8
Movie
Another Sky
6.4
Movie
Rockets Galore
6.7
Movie
Poison Pen
Acting credits 41
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Film | Mrs. Arbuthnot |
| 1972 | The Intruder TV | Miss Hendry (8 ep) |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes TV | Mrs Steinberg (1 ep) |
| 1970 | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Film | Woman in Wheelchair |
| 1970 | Wine of India Film | Bee |
| 1970 | The Six Wives of Henry VIII TV | Dowager Duchess of Norfolk (1 ep) |
| 1968 | Journey to the Unknown TV | Miss Sarah Prinn (1 ep) |
| 1968 | All's Well That Ends Well Film | Countess of Rousillon |
| 1967 | The Sorcerers Film | Estelle Monserrat |
| 1967 | The Mummy's Shroud Film | Haiti |
| 1965 | The Wednesday Thriller TV | Miss Chafecote (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way TV | Sarah Fischer (1 ep) |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play TV | Frau Mittermayer, Bee (1 ep) |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 TV | (1 ep) |
| 1963 | The Servant Film | Lady Agatha Mounset |
| 1963 | Festival TV | The Rat-Wife (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Espionage TV | Mother (1 ep) |
| 1963 | The Human Jungle TV | Mrs. Box (1 ep) |
| 1961 | The Shadow of the Cat Film | Ella Venable |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 TV | Mrs. Mourtzinos (1 ep) |
| 1960 | Maigret TV | (1 ep) |
| 1960 | Crack in the Mirror Film | Mother Superior |
| 1958 | The Solitary Child Film | Mrs. Evans |
| 1958 | Rockets Galore Film | Mrs Waggett |
| 1958 | Innocent Sinners Film | Angela Chesney |
| 1958 | The Master Builder Film | Aline Solness |
| 1957 | The Man in the Sky Film | Mary's mother |
| 1954 | Another Sky Film | Selena Prouse |
| 1949 | Whisky Galore! Film | Mrs. Waggett |
| 1947 | When The Bough Breaks Film | Almoner |
| 1947 | The White Unicorn Film | Miss Cater |
| 1947 | The October Man Film | Miss Selby |
| 1946 | Carnival Film | Florry Raeburn |
| 1945 | Pink String and Sealing Wax Film | Miss Porter |
| 1945 | I Know Where I'm Going! Film | Mrs. Robinson |
| 1945 | Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I Film | Gentlewoman |
| 1941 | Cottage to Let Film | Mrs. Stokes |
| 1940 | Castle of Crimes Film | Francine Rollard |
| 1939 | Poison Pen Film | Connie Fateley |
| 1939 | Marco Millions Film | |
| 1938 | The Lady Vanishes Film | The Nun |